My dad, J. Robert Bogle, always told me that my d-daddy, Hal Bogle, named the farm
Ocotillo, rather than using the name Goodyear. The road used to end smack in the middle
of the farm.

Hello! I was reading the comments in "Folley Street" about the late great Zora Folley
but there is one mistake printed in the article. Folley NEVER fought Floyd Patterson
once let alone twice. Zora lost a bad decision to Henry Cooper in September 1958 and
was eliminated from a title shot. This setback and subsequent losses to Liston, Lavorante
and Jones during the Patterson era kept him out of the title picture until March 1967
when Ali gave him a shot.

I suspect that the reason for the "funny" pronunciation of German Road as "Jer-maine",
might be a result of W.W.II. "German" was a very unpopular word during World War II.
Many things were renamed, such as German Shepherd dogs suddenly became Alsatians.
I was wondering if it may have even been briefly renamed to "Germane" on street signs
or maps, maybe just in polite conversation.

Bob Davis

In reference to Mr. William Gilbert, he in fact had a wife. It's in the Chandler Arizonan about 1920 or so. Her name is Violetta V. Gilbert.

I enjoyed reading this. I was born in Mesa, Arizona in 1943 and grew up in Chandler, and graduated from Chandler High School in 1961.

I noticed the photo in the article about Dobson Road. It states that it is F. Roy Dobson and sons. Just wanted to point out that F. Roy Dobson, who was my uncle, only had one son, Roy Dobson, Jr. and he is the person on the left in the picture. I do not recognize the person on the right. He also had one daughter, who currently lives in Scottsdale.

My grandparents, George Lee and Emily Ruth Appleby, homesteaded south of Chandler in the early 1900's, on what is now named Appleby Road. It is the road where I lived as a child.

Also, I wanted to mention that a close friend of my family when I was growing up was Julia Knox. She was married to Stanley Knox, who was one of Orval and Otie Knox's sons. Julia died a few years ago when she was in her 90's. Julia went to high school with my father, Barney Appleby. When Julia was in her early 20's, she was Dr. Chandler's secretary. She used to tell the story that one day Dr. Chandler thought that the new town needed to have its streets named, and he was too busy, so he asked Julia to name all the streets that were then right there in the downtown area around the San Marcos Hotel. So Julia named them all after U. S. states and cities. I have an article somewhere about this that I could probably find if anyone is interested.

Sincerely, Rachel Whyte (Rae Lou Appleby)

Your research project is so interesting to read. I live on Folley Street in Chandler. We have always wondered ~ how is it pronounced? with an O or an AH?

Answer: Zora Folley pronounced his name with an "O." Glad you enjoyed the article.